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Professional writer and teacher Bugeja tells us what we already suspect: Writing teachers are talented, intuitive writers (that's why they have their jobs) and often don't know how to instruct fledglings in what comes naturally to them. The author rectifies this situation with step-by-step instructi

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• Preface
• About the Author
• 1 Magazine Basics
• Importance of Audience
• Basic Terms
• The Craft Shop: The Virtual Magazine, Anderson Jones
• The Newsstand: Method to Picture the Market
• The Keyboard: Targeting the Audience
• 2 Topics and Ideas
• Utility
• An Inventory of Ideas
• Preliminary Approaches
• The Craft Shop: Not for the Weak-Hearted, Cheryl Powers
• Reading and Writing, Kevin Bezner
• The Newsstand: Deciphering Truths
• The Keyboard: Compiling Story Ideas
• 3 Theme
• Distinguishing Topic from Theme
• Thematic Development
• Thematic Breaks
• The Craft Shop: The Billboard Paragraph, Tom Clark
• The Newsstand: Reading the Slants
• The Keyboard: Identifying Your Theme
• 4 Research
• The Magazine Interview
• Sensory Data
• Research Methods
• The Craft Shop: Information Gathering, Eddith Dashiell
• Research & Commitment, Ursula Obst
• The Newsstand: Researching Topics and Themes
• The Keyboard: The Source Box
• 5 Titles
• Titles and Subtitles
• Composing Titles and Subtitles
• A Word About Subheads
• The Craft Shop: The Power of a Title, Audrey Chapman
• The Newsstand: Scanning for Titles and Subtitles
• The Keyboard: Generating Titles
• 6 Time Elements
• Moments of Narration
• Transitional Moments
• Breaking the Time Barrier
• The Craft Shop: Moment and Meaning, David Lazar
• Multiple Moments, Megan Lane
• The Newsstand: Taking a Moment
• The Keyboard: Picking Your Moments
• 7 Viewpoint and Voice
• Points of View
• Tones of Voice
• The Craft Shop: Capturing Viewpoint, Audrey Chapman
• Keying Voice, Cathy Twining
• The Newsstand: Preferred Viewpoints, Predominant Voices
• The Keyboard: Pinpointing Your Viewpoint and Voice
• 8 Endings
• Closed and Open Endings
• Beginnings and Endings
• The Craft Shop: On Endings, Dana Gioia
• The Newsstand: Endings and Audiences
• The Keyboard: Nailing Your Endings
• 9 The Writing Process
• Preparing to Write
• Preparing to Revise
• The Craft Shop: The Re-Visioning Process by Lady Borton
• The Newsstand: Psyching Up to Write
• The Keyboard: First to Final Draft
• 10 The Freelance Process
• Standard Manuscript Format
• Cover and Query Letters
• Mailing and Marketing
• The Craft Shop: awright, here's what i learned by Bethany Matsko
• The Newsstand: Final Preparations
• The Keyboard: Preparing Your Submission
• Readings in Magazine Nonfiction
• Guide to Readings
• Columns
• A Forgiving Land, Lady Borton
• The New York Times Magazine
• Where You'll Find Me, Molly Peacock, Mirabella
• Talking to the River, Bill Brohaugh, Writer's Digest
• Too Close for Comfort, Patricia Raybon, USA Weekend
• It happened to me, Bethany Matsko, Sassy
• Bonding with the Grateful Dead by George Plimpton,Esquire

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Michael J. Bugeja was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. He received his B. A. from St. Peter's College, M. S. from South Dakota State University and Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University.

Bugeja has worked for United Press International and has taught journalism at the university level. He teaches magazine writing and ethics at Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. He is a columnist for Writer's Digest and has published several collections of poetry, including Flight From Valhalla and Platonic Love, as well as books on writing, such as Guide to Writing Magazine Nonfiction, Living Ethics, The Art and Craft of Poetry and Poet's Guide.

Bugeja has been a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for Fiction and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in Culture. In 1997, he was named honorary chancellor of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies.

(Bowker Author Biography)